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Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afhganistan and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10,2001. The news-breaking book that has sent shockwaves through the White House, Ghost Wars is the most accurate and revealing account yet of the CIA's secret involvement in al-Qaeda's evolution.

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Place of publishingLondon
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Year2005
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PublisherPenguin Books

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‘A REMARKABLE BOOK ... THE CIA ITSELF WOULD BE HARD PUT TO BEAT HIS GRASP OF GLOBAL EVENTS’ - NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS

The news-breaking book that has sent shockwaves through the White House, Ghost Wars is the most accurate and revealing account yet of the CIA's secret involvement in al-Qaeda's evolution.

Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll has spent years reporting from the Middle East, accessed previously classified government files and interviewed senior US officials and foreign spymasters. Here he gives the full inside story of the CIA's covert funding of an Islamic jihad against Soviet forces in Afghanistan, explores how this sowed the seeds of bin Laden's rise, traces how he built his global network and brings to life the dramatic battles within the US government over national security. Above all, he lays bare American intelligence's continual failure to grasp the rising threat of terrorism in the years leading up to 9/11 - and its devastating consequences.

'A well-written, authoritative, high-altitude drama with a cast of few heroes, many villains, bags of cash and a tragic ending' - WASHINGTON POST

'A powerful indictment of the CIA's myopia and incompetence ... this is a classic study' - LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS

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